Hey Stanton,
Thought I would pose this question if you ever have the time to reply to it. On the song " Stanton hits the bottle", how did you come up with the whole bottle idea?? Because they are obviously of a certain tone, you did'nt just pick up random bottles from the night before!...or did you?

Stanton is definitely a well grounded drummer in terms of the style he fits into. A very confident player he knows what he's good at and does it very well. Really into the who second line and funk stuff he plays, those cowbell/pandeiro grooves are impressive and the sticking techniques, seriously I've been messing around with them myself, they really work and improve your grooves 100%.

Thinking of picking up his dvd/books on the new orleans stuff and maybe groove alchemy, right now he's my favourite player without a doubt, he's influenced me as much as Buddy Rich has at this point. Phenomenal drummer, very underrated.

Hello everyone, thanks for all the ongoing support. I just wanted to take a minute and reply to some of the specific questions posted here.

Sorry if 've been slow to respond, I've been working a lot lately but am trying to get caught up.

From Bosphorus... On the song " Stanton hits the bottle", how did you come up with the whole bottle idea?? Because they are obviously of a certain tone, you did'nt just pick up random bottles from the night before!...or did you?

I came up with the groove by first mis-interpreting then "Garibaldi-zing" Zigaboo's groove to Cissy Strut. I explain how I developed this in detail in Groove Alchemy. I then split the hands up on two empty vodka bottles and one beer bottle. I had one engineer hold the two vodka bottles over my rack tom while another engineer held the beer bottle to the left of my hi hat. We found the bottles that day.

From RodneyZepa...In your opinion, The Gretsch Renown (2008) Kits 22x20 12x18 16x16 6.5x14...Is this considered a Pro or Sem-Pro Kit.?.
Is their Bosphorous that would add to my sound...I'd prerfer 15" Hats 21" Ride and 20" Crash..Any help or advise would be appreciated...

The Renown kit is a great kit. It is pro level at a more affordable price. I play them often at festivals and in clinic.
I would suggest going somewhere to hear some Bosphorus cymbals, or you could invite buddies over to bring their cymbals as well. I've learned a lot by having many cymbal "hangs" and listening to and comparing cymbals with my drummer buddies.
I will be introducing 15" hats to my signature line soon as I've been using some custom 15's my self. I'm confident you will dig Boshporus once you give them a good listen.

From Latin Groover... Stanton or anyone else, I was wondering what crash you are using on your right side that you use in the first half of this video?

Stanton,
I heard a live version of Gossip(on XM),and was floored by your drumsound.
The station gave no details as to when or where this was recorded.I know it's a long shot,
but I'd like to know what snare you may have used on that live recording.Was it possibly
your Gretch signature snare, or your own company signature snare? Either way I love that snare sound.(and the drumming too!)
Russ

Stanton shared the stage with Anders Osborne WOW what an amazing talent, never had heard his playing or band and I was thoroughly impressed must have been great playing with him.
Here is a youtube of the band I played with covering Congo Road. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9A-uA...feature=autofb

Hey Stanton. This is more a New Orleans question than a drumming question. I was watching Treme last night and was glad to see your cameo in the series. I think it is a great series (I am a fan of The Wire and I also spent some time in New Orleans in 2002). I was wondering what you thought of the series and whether you found it to be an honest portrail of what happened in New Orleans after Katrina. I love New Orleans and I am going to return sometime over the next few years if I can save enough money to fly over from the UK. I hope to see you play when I am there.

I hate to come up and ask a "what's your setup" question - BUT - I'm really digging what you have going on the floor. Specifically, the pedals for the outboard bass, as well as the bell. So... what's the config?

Hey stanton - i'm taking my yearly four week trip to the big easy this january, and i would like to know if you have any scheduled tour dates in your hometown. i would kill to see your trio live. thanks, and keep up the funk!

First I am a huge fan of both Stanton and well recorded music. That is why I offer this constructive criticism of how the new album sounds.
Given the picture in the sleeve it appears these gentleman recorded live in a room together - which is to be applauded. However there is what I assume is a huge problem with the room that accentuates the hell out of the mid bass. It affects everything the low toms, the bass , the piano, the organ etc. Wasn't this heard in the room or on playback? Was it mixed with headphones? Were the monitors crappy and/or in a crappy listening area? Maybe this sound is preferred for some reason? Was it mixed for listening in a car?

Stanton please study up on room/ sound interface characteristics and find someone who can help with this problem. I recommend Ethan Winer (No affiliation) but there are many other people you can see.

(Before anyone suggests it is my system etc let me offer that my system and room are set up well. Not the best but well. I know where the nodes are etc. With some properly placed absorption and a little DSP I handle the nodes and reflections pretty well and can hear it as well as see it using test programs on my laptop)

After you arranged the better places for the microphones on your kit, arrange the Gain for gets the Maximum peak(without clip or distortion) of them without attention to the leakages, or you use the Gain for Minimum leakages and use the ambiance sounds in your mix when you record in your studio?

To think until 1 year ago I had no idea who Stanton Moore was. Last night saw him with band Garage a Trois and I now believe Moore to be the best drummer I have ever seen play. Probably one of the best on this planet too. Crushing, delicate, fun, inspiring are just words that come to mind about his playing.

Been watching a lot of Stanton on YouTube recently and the man is a groove machine particularly love Sprung Monkey , haven't watched one video without my jaw hanging open ! Really talented drummer easily the best around .

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I was completely unfamiliar with Mr. Moore before Sunday, he was one of those guys I "meant to get around to checking out".

I caught a clinic at Chops Percussion / Paige's Music here in Indianapolis and he blew me away!

What a musical cat. Just a sheer pleasure to watch the man work. I found myself humming a bassline to myself to accompany him during most of his playing.

The history lesson and Q&A were very fun, too. Not so many basic questions like many clinics I've attended. (Folks, read the FAQ on your drum hero's site BEFORE going to the clinic!!!) I got to ask a few questions and he's an informative and funny guy to boot. Thanks for hosting him, Chops!

Galactic was going on late for their set at the Vogue so I elected not to go, but I got his "Groove Alchemy" book/CD set and I cannot wait to tear into it.

Hey Stanton its Joe Morris. You and I have spoken briefly, very briefly LOl at Namm. Hey man I am just reaching out because your coming to Phoenix in the next few weeks and I was hoping finally we can hook up. I want to come to the show and hang if your into it or if you get in town and want to check out the Conservatory of Recording and do some playing or whatever man. let me know. It would be my pleasure.

I didn't know you are on Drummerworld, how cool is this! I wanted to say I've been
thoroughly enjoying your book Groove Alchemy for some years, thanks for writing
this and putting all together! I've never seen anything so insightful when it comes
to the heart and history of funk drumming!

Now I've got a question:
Which exercise or other kind of training/experience do you feel helped you the most
in becoming very accurate in keeping time and being tight?

Doesn't appear that he's participating anymore, but for those of you in the Boston area, I see that he is doing a clinic on Friday April 12 over at 247Drums. I'm planning to go there and then catch the Galactic show over at House of Blues. Should be fun.